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5a160606-1a41-400a-8471-ec9c633e4ddf
Glucose, fructose, and other sugars that have six carbons are called what?
[ "alcohols", "fluxes", "catalysts", "hexoses" ]
hexoses
sciq
6ef714aa-7caf-4dd7-912b-6d909737b25e
What is precipitation that flows over the surface of the land?
[ "seawater", "blizzard", "storm surge", "runoff" ]
runoff
sciq
7dac2343-1288-4d81-a2e3-413df0c870e8
What is the method that is a plan for asking questions and testing possible answers called?
[ "forecasting", "independent variable", "scientific investigation", "sample size" ]
scientific investigation
sciq
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What branch of physics deals with the smallest units of elements and compounds?
[ "gravity", "quantum", "atomic", "oxygen" ]
atomic
sciq
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What kinds of acids are proteins made out of?
[ "amino acids", "acetic acids", "protein acids", "sequence acids" ]
amino acids
sciq
e2d91f66-6feb-44f4-a315-84185c22747f
Whisk ferns have yellow sporangia and no what?
[ "roots", "leaves", "stems", "flowers" ]
leaves
sciq
ef114f9d-2806-488a-9e15-55bbebbd6aa2
Do tropical regions have very high or very low rates of immigration?
[ "too high", "very high", "medium", "low" ]
very high
sciq
7dab3e54-3031-46a8-8fbb-32a3c2cfc95a
What type of experiment involves two identical experiments carried out side-by-side, with and without an independent variable?
[ "controlled experiment", "blind test", "trial run", "defined experiment" ]
controlled experiment
sciq
0a56c4d5-a0a8-4c3a-99e0-63a1e8bcc2e3
How does the core of the sun radiate energy?
[ "carbon radiation", "nuclear fission", "electrical radiation", "nuclear fusion" ]
nuclear fusion
sciq
4fe554ec-134a-4daf-9308-68b4f44521ab
What is the concentration of gas molecules in the mesosphere?
[ "medium density", "low density", "high density", "very low density" ]
very low density
sciq
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What type of energy causes erosion at the shore?
[ "potential", "kinetic", "wave", "tidal" ]
wave
sciq
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Long distance runners try to maintain constant velocity with very little acceleration or deceleration to conserve what?
[ "fuel", "energy", "momentum", "pressure" ]
energy
sciq
19399b91-569a-4b28-bc4e-7692caf379ce
What is the smallest particle of an element that still has the element’s properties?
[ "an electron", "an ion", "a nucleus", "an atom" ]
an atom
sciq
60911e1c-f202-4547-a715-37c295a18b07
A biofilm is a colony of what that is stuck to a surface such as a rock or a host’s tissues?
[ "eukaryotes", "vacuoles", "insects", "prokaryotes" ]
prokaryotes
sciq
30b274df-d509-4af5-bac4-0110d253c90e
The stem of a horsetail is characterized by the presence of joints, or nodes: hence the name arthrophyta, which means this?
[ "elongated plant", "molted plant", "solid plant", "jointed plant" ]
jointed plant
sciq
954d5401-dc3d-4055-be92-ec1b067603fd
What do power plants burn to generate electricity?
[ "timber", "biofuel", "fossil fuels", "nuclear fuel" ]
fossil fuels
sciq
9f3598a0-6748-4293-936c-a57dfe73fe1b
What organ lets us understand what we see, hear, or sense in other ways, and allows us to use language, learn, think, and remember?
[ "Kidneys", "bone", "brain", "heart" ]
brain
sciq
be5d76c8-af25-45ea-8c03-66788c61882a
What is the more common term for ethanoic acid, the active substance in vinegar?
[ "methyl acid", "acetic acid", "polymer acid", "amino acid" ]
acetic acid
sciq
5553b385-a8f0-43c6-9491-2515268460ed
What type of pollution results from the contaminants that enter a waterway or water body through a single site?
[ "targeted source pollution", "liquid source pollution", "simple source pollution", "point source pollution" ]
point source pollution
sciq
6c2c6f84-a055-4623-b27c-5c5b2fc3a571
What are the "chemical messenger" molecules used by the endocrine system?
[ "acids", "axons", "hormones", "enzymes" ]
hormones
sciq
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Many innovative farming methods can prevent what type of erosion, which is especially important in agriculture?
[ "vegetable erosion", "fertilizer erosion", "soil erosion", "plains erosion" ]
soil erosion
sciq
771a1eda-1f5a-4023-932c-02269a8b06be
As the atoms approach one another, their electron clouds gradually begin to do what?
[ "overlap", "magnetize", "shrink", "disappear" ]
overlap
sciq
7f13dc88-c06b-4d7f-ac1c-99e0879743eb
What force holds together both types of star clusters?
[ "gravity", "magnetism", "inertia", "weight" ]
gravity
sciq
2e1515c1-637d-490c-bdb4-966e0689a88a
What are the rod-like structures made of short microtubules that play an important part in cellular division?
[ "centrioles", "fibrils", "cilia", "mitochondria" ]
centrioles
sciq
9f325a36-1d8d-44fe-ae64-d39c0e6f5bdb
Vertebrates with four limbs are also called what?
[ "tetrapods", "Mammals", "Amphibians", "Birds" ]
tetrapods
sciq
1eabae5a-f063-409e-addd-115bd2970d73
What is the name of the disorder of the arteries in which cholesterol and other materials are deposited on the interior of the arterial wall?
[ "atherosclerosis", "arthritis", "paralysis", "anemia" ]
atherosclerosis
sciq
b03e6af9-621b-4daf-9be9-d9e0d9dd1bfc
What is defined as a close relationship between organisms of different species in which at least one of the organisms benefits?
[ "parasitic", "co-operative", "symbiosis", "endosymbiosis" ]
symbiosis
sciq
4cd9960b-34c8-4f1d-80b8-8194a743391e
What do you call the force identified by a north and south pole?
[ "magnetism", "normal force", "gravity", "buoyancy" ]
magnetism
sciq
17e0664b-9d7c-4b64-a00f-232a92a867d3
The voltage of a voltaic cell can be determined by the reduction potentials of what?
[ "old reactions", "full reactions", "half reactions", "thermal reactions" ]
half reactions
sciq
660c2773-4fa3-4c3a-8b2f-5e885847929e
What type of fatty acids have bent chains?
[ "lipids", "cholesterol", "saturated fatty acids", "unsaturated fatty acids" ]
unsaturated fatty acids
sciq
74711f5f-fbd9-4aba-a4f9-deec6e7a6306
All seed plants and a few seedless vascular plants are what?
[ "homosporous", "zygotes", "protozoans", "heterosporous" ]
heterosporous
sciq
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The three segments of arthropods are the head, thorax and what?
[ "abdomen", "chest", "antennae", "appendages" ]
abdomen
sciq
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A notochord has in common with what vertbrate structure?
[ "rip chord", "rib cage", "spinal cord", "trichord" ]
spinal cord
sciq
158a8cbb-2123-414c-93e3-e1c8e40d8792
Most members of what mammalian order possess opposable thumbs?
[ "rodents", "primates", "marsupials", "amphibians" ]
primates
sciq
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What refers to a group of individual organisms of the same species that live closely together?
[ "a colony", "a enviroment", "a flock", "a habitat" ]
a colony
sciq
d8800e80-c902-4b85-b6e6-a40c816d0a66
The rise in greenhouse gases has what effect on the temperature of earth?
[ "it increases", "it drops", "more moderate", "no effect" ]
it increases
sciq
c63e9575-069f-435a-b2fc-46656c3e7914
What two types of atoms bond to form sulfate minerals?
[ "oxygen and sulfur", "oxygen and calcium", "oxygen and carbon", "carbon and sulfur" ]
oxygen and sulfur
sciq
c65cbaec-4d40-45c7-b45a-0410ef93e165
Where does groundwater primarily come from?
[ "sediment", "evaporation", "precipitation", "erosion" ]
precipitation
sciq
ae227d4f-6ad0-404f-a9e6-baf5ce8de920
What determines sex in animals?
[ "ribosomes", "sex chromosomes", "cell structure", "cell density" ]
sex chromosomes
sciq
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The joints of the carpal bones in the wrist are examples of what type of joints?
[ "digit joints", "isojoints", "planar joints", "filter joints" ]
planar joints
sciq
4a2f5947-c9eb-4068-890a-7079848ffb75
If a unit is named after a person it needs to be?
[ "squandered", "capitalized", "short", "forgotten" ]
capitalized
sciq
b2d1bcc0-6824-44da-aff0-608242aa19ff
What is the name for the inner lining of the uterus?
[ "the uterine shell", "the epidermis", "cuticle", "the endometrium" ]
the endometrium
sciq
72bd36b6-9f6e-4c75-b9c5-be3442bcf09c
What is it called when currents keep reversing direction?
[ "stream current", "emitting current", "alternating current", "circle current" ]
alternating current
sciq
a592e07d-5313-4aa4-8d60-a31c08a44e92
What is the name given to anything that has mass and takes up space?
[ "matter", "organism", "vacuum", "molecule" ]
matter
sciq
751b502e-d4ab-4927-ac6f-045a541df408
What is the upper most level of earth's layers called?
[ "crust", "surface", "volcanic", "mantle" ]
crust
sciq
c0a58d0e-cb44-49b2-84c7-8b9ae1589b3a
What are secreted into the gi tract by organs of the gi tract or from a nearby gland named the pancreas?
[ "digestive enzymes", "stomach acid", "bile", "insulin and pepsin" ]
digestive enzymes
sciq
e6f33f14-c401-4cf0-b887-5a9a20624f0c
In what organ does pepsin help break down proteins?
[ "kidney", "stomach", "liver", "skin" ]
stomach
sciq
4af0347d-3982-4be8-84e4-d9d40df7e97e
What begins when a neuron receives a chemical stimulus?
[ "a metabolism impulse", "a induce impulse", "nerve reaction", "a nerve impulse" ]
a nerve impulse
sciq
778d2036-98c4-4216-9ca4-133d71cbbba6
Pink snapdragons are an example of what?
[ "incomplete dominance", "nh3 hybridization", "cloning", "grafting" ]
incomplete dominance
sciq
82f23c87-9c3c-4d7c-a33f-b13eb95aeb41
Air quality is a measure of what in the air?
[ "gases", "pollutants", "water", "clouds" ]
pollutants
sciq
12769758-d40b-4085-b830-5e4e76bb7fe4
What do solar cells convert the energy in sunlight into?
[ "experimental energy", "electrical energy", "free energy", "subsequent energy" ]
electrical energy
sciq
d1764bae-96dd-4214-8152-fe134062e594
Both endotherms and ectotherms control what through behavioral responses to changes in the environment?
[ "body temperature", "hormones", "sleep cycles", "gas temperature" ]
body temperature
sciq
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What occurs when the bronchioles swell and the muscles around the bronchioles contract?
[ "asthma", "allergies", "bronchitis", "nausea" ]
asthma
sciq
63d9621b-6b54-4df9-a910-4c1ba43da4bb
What giant planet is far away from and much less dense than earth?
[ "uranus", "venus", "jupiter", "mars" ]
jupiter
sciq
de8bcddf-6aec-4083-874a-c43c5cf6c804
Bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa are examples of what, the term for a disease-causing microorganism?
[ "pathogen", "germ", "microbe", "fungus" ]
pathogen
sciq
e13c6482-0dd7-4cfa-9915-ef8b9deb3bb1
Newton’s third law of motion describes what property of forces that means balance?
[ "acceleration", "magnetism", "symmetry", "gravity" ]
symmetry
sciq
9de4ad80-5ab3-46f8-8ae3-025db757aa64
Translation is the second part of the central dogma of what?
[ "relativity", "string theory", "molecular biology", "molecular gastronomy" ]
molecular biology
sciq
7d5dfa3b-1fbb-44af-b039-22ca9a1724f9
What helps us see rainbows in the sky?
[ "spectral light", "myopia", "visible light", "prism" ]
visible light
sciq
ca23144c-8622-4e01-ab23-c20174d365fc
How the individuals in a population are spread throughout their habitat is referred to as what?
[ "population habitation", "population distribution", "population spread", "habitual distribution" ]
population distribution
sciq
9c0a5979-446b-4e5c-ad63-de8b7dc90601
The passenger pigeon, the dodo bird, and the woolly mammoth represent individual cases of what fate?
[ "accumulation", "compression", "isolation", "extinction" ]
extinction
sciq
fd143c93-a74a-404b-bc93-35f33ccd11c8
Both fats and oils are made up of long chains of carbon atoms that are bonded together. what are these chains called?
[ "metabolic acids", "amino acids", "fatty acids", "nucleic acids" ]
fatty acids
sciq
7d5cae7b-ccee-463d-b810-59a19a650839
What adds phosphate groups to receptor proteins at the surface of the cell?
[ "protein kinases", "nitrogen kinases", "receptor kinases", "brain kinases" ]
receptor kinases
sciq
05769fb1-d96c-4357-bd9a-a95e2ac515ad
Cold fronts in winter may bring what type of storm?
[ "snow storm", "typhoon", "showers", "monsoon" ]
snow storm
sciq
19ff93ae-1ef7-4f7b-9fb6-3a2f455935d9
What is added to alcohol and used as an antiseptic?
[ "arsenic", "chloride", "iodine", "chlorine" ]
iodine
sciq
9ed04f16-2959-408f-8fd0-da6f68f1329b
Excretion of ions occurs mainly through what organ?
[ "tissues", "Heart", "kidneys", "lungs" ]
kidneys
sciq
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Acids can also react with metals, and when they do they produce what?
[ "rust", "potassium gas", "alloys", "hydrogen gas" ]
hydrogen gas
sciq
e0b51679-9eb0-4042-a612-d663a256b96f
Convection is the transfer of what type of energy by particles moving through a fluid?
[ "Chemical", "atmospheric", "Nuclear", "thermal" ]
thermal
sciq
1563d9b1-dd57-4fa4-bc9f-ca94bf44fe79
Foresters commonly inoculate pine seedlings with a type of what to promote growth?
[ "proteins", "soil", "yeast", "fungi" ]
fungi
sciq
1f161898-5ad4-4441-a8fa-254e483af013
What are animal fats and oils such as olive and vegetable oil classified as?
[ "lipids", "proteins", "inorganic compounds", "amino acids" ]
lipids
sciq
a18fed4c-07a7-4f64-83a2-af17b7aa8c2f
What type of alloys are used in musical instruments?
[ "copper", "plastics", "bronze", "brass" ]
brass
sciq
e2c8bc40-a9e2-44e1-be6b-8ea173447081
Osteoclasts and osteoblasts play key roles in repair of what?
[ "liver", "bone", "brain", "heart" ]
bone
sciq
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What is the general shape of centrioles?
[ "rod", "spherical", "oval", "arc" ]
rod
sciq
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Why does water infiltrate the ground?
[ "gravity", "prolonged drought conditions", "run-off from flooding", "because soil and rocks are porous" ]
because soil and rocks are porous
sciq
9427a23d-731a-4fda-b32c-e2eb35a7796f
What is the upward force exerted by fluids when any object, such as a boat, is placed in it?
[ "atomic force", "human force", "bouyant force", "impetuous force" ]
bouyant force
sciq
5ee2ec21-9aac-40f7-a049-11a6ac9477b8
What do dendrites receive signals from?
[ "fibers", "neurons", "electrons", "hormones" ]
neurons
sciq
1b8b21aa-d392-45c3-b2ec-c48cea6ed2ad
What is the term for the exchange of genetic material between non-sister chromatids of homologous chromosomes?
[ "asexual reproduction", "crossing-over", "meiosis", "inheritance" ]
crossing-over
sciq
2d9b4b4f-9455-4dae-9d65-e9a6f12e7f5d
What must be overcome to change the motion of an object?
[ "density", "inertia", "pressure", "weight" ]
inertia
sciq
2d9ed229-d8e5-487a-a115-cb48013d83fb
Which action of the stomach helps chemical digestion by gastric juice?
[ "peristalsis", "churning action", "contraction", "chewing" ]
churning action
sciq
07e60c72-29cb-4314-8924-faf038e71fcf
What two lenses comprise a compound microscope?
[ "scope and focus", "objective and eyepiece", "polarized and focal", "concave and convex" ]
objective and eyepiece
sciq
ab3360ed-8194-47ee-ae7b-099060842221
Physical and chemical differences help ecologists distinguish between freshwater and marine types of what?
[ "habitats", "biomes", "cities", "microbiomes" ]
biomes
sciq
e12af5fb-0ed2-491b-b182-f72b6fe545b6
What are the organic compounds that the body needs in small amounts to function properly; humans need 13 different ones?
[ "minerals", "nutrients", "proteins", "vitamins" ]
vitamins
sciq
f69bc9ee-fba0-40d8-a3f6-1b49fcf01045
To undo the tarnish on copper pennies, you can place them in what liquid?
[ "seawater", "distilled water", "honey", "vinegar" ]
vinegar
sciq
882b2dae-ef01-47df-a400-6e53c2ac48b0
What kind of bonding between alcohol molecules means that more energy is required to convert the liquid to vapor, and boiling points are therefore high?
[ "stronger mineral bonding", "stronger diffusion bonding", "weaker carbon bonding", "stronger hydrogen bonding" ]
stronger hydrogen bonding
sciq
db131d3e-5e50-4738-8014-d967768f1a65
During summer in the northern hemisphere, the north pole is tilted toward what?
[ "moon", "the north star", "sun", "horizon" ]
sun
sciq
29853288-5ade-4376-af3a-6b8f94658a7d
Also called lodestone, the mineral magnetite is the most powerful what?
[ "synthetic magnet", "healing magnet", "material on Earth", "natural permanent magnet" ]
natural permanent magnet
sciq
397e7062-57f3-4a04-bd52-cf4802de3aa2
How many valves are in the heart?
[ "two", "one", "six", "four" ]
four
sciq
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Momentum is directly related to both mass and?
[ "intensity", "velocity", "speed", "mass" ]
velocity
sciq
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Bones are made up of different types of what?
[ "tissue", "blood cells", "cartilage", "fiber" ]
tissue
sciq
f949ebc0-b475-4b65-bf30-73f4951cc036
What do metals typically lose to achieve stability?
[ "atoms", "ions", "electrons", "molecules" ]
electrons
sciq
655872b8-5c2f-4da0-9556-551e81fb8bf5
What happens when a sperm and an egg cell combine?
[ "fertilization", "migration", "stimulation", "manipulation" ]
fertilization
sciq
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What is the ability to change or move matter?
[ "temperature", "density", "volume", "energy" ]
energy
sciq
f6d402d0-6b0b-476c-9a45-d8cb12752e04
How many weeks are in the life cycle of ladybugs
[ "four to six", "three to six", "nine to six", "two to four" ]
four to six
sciq
54062766-041a-4cf9-8efa-f989b8c41d7f
What is the respiratory pigment of almost every vertebrate?
[ "plasma", "hemoglobin", "insulin", "iron" ]
hemoglobin
sciq
4a900c61-b7ae-4e81-9811-9b97d99ddb23
Objects moving at different speeds, in different directions have different what?
[ "electrons", "vibrations", "velocities", "protons" ]
velocities
sciq
1538d218-27dd-467e-85f7-2fa2279127ac
What type of compounds make up the cells and tissues of organisms?
[ "hormonal compounds", "organic compounds", "productive compounds", "biochemical compounds" ]
biochemical compounds
sciq
2909e2df-7a8d-460b-b33a-2059aa32bb96
Meiosis and what process are both preceded by one round of dna replication; however, they differ in producing haploid or diploid daughter cells?
[ "fertilization", "photosynthesis", "mitosis", "cloning" ]
mitosis
sciq
4221b132-073c-4597-8cf2-4758a209c3c1
In their pure form, all elements have an oxidation number of what?
[ "3", "zero", "7", "2" ]
zero
sciq
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What is a close relationship between two species in which at least one species benefits called?
[ "morphogenesis", "parasitic", "symbiosis", "competition" ]
symbiosis
sciq
74ff65bf-29a6-43ee-990a-2f3eeab7204a
Multiple sclerosis, huntington’s disease, parkinson’s disease, and alzheimer’s disease are example of diseases of which body system?
[ "muscular system", "nervous system", "lymphatic system", "circulatory system" ]
nervous system
sciq
4da2365c-56dc-48f8-882e-2c48de73e7d6
What includes the living organisms in an area and the non-living aspects of the environment?
[ "habitat", "outpost", "degradation", "ecosystem" ]
ecosystem
sciq